- Kathryn Rathke
Inauguration Day—that historical, history-making, historic day—was one year ago. How do you feel the first year has gone?
And speaking of Inauguration Day, did you read Peter Baker’s expertly reported piece in the NYT Magazine over the weekend about Obama’s war against al Qaeda? The first thousand words are all about a threat to the president on Inauguration Day, a threat deemed credible in the highest levels of the intelligence community: “A group of Somali extremists was reported to be coming across the border from Canada to detonate explosives as the new president took the oath of office. With more than a million onlookers viewing the ceremony from the National Mall and hundreds of millions more watching on television around the world, what could be a more devastating target? … Clinton immediately put her finger on a problem. According to participants, she asked, What should Obama do if he is in the middle of his inaugural address and a bomb goes off somewhere on the mall? ‘Is the Secret Service going to whisk him off the podium so the American people see their incoming president disappear in the middle of the inaugural address?’ she asked. ‘I don’t think so.'”
Oh, it’s gone just fucking swimmingly. God, do we really have to put up with three more years of this before we can put someone else in there?
wow we’re so confident knowing that axelrod and the crack team of strategists is in charge of the 2010 game plan! woo hoo axelrod rules! just look at how great we’re doing in VA….NJ and now MA!
Hmmm… I didn’t think there was any way I could dislike politicians more than already did a year ago.
I was wrong.
It’s been GGGRRREEEAAAT!!!
I was a big Obama booster during the campaign. But between this heath care debacle and the bailouts I think I’m done. Not just with him, but all of it. Politics is just too fucking cynical and i don’t need the stress in my life.
Well, it’s starting to be fun seeing the fair-weather supporters back away from him, along with the dilettantes and shriekers.
Between the squealing from the hard left and the non-stop criticism and delegitimization from the right, the bloom is certainly off Obama’s rose. I hope everyone’s ready for Jeb Bush since that’s the way we’re headed… maybe he’ll be a much better friend to the gays, huh?
Is it too early to call Obama a lame-duck President?
Laterite: Nope.
I guess I’m the only one who refuses to give up after the first quarter. Sure there is a lot I wish would have happened by now, but I also know there is another team out there trying to scuttle EVERYTHING; so I’m not taking my ball & going home just yet.
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because you superglued it to the bleachers?
never forget, the heathen’s god Reagan had a tough first year too ….
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yes.
but he had “inherited” (Team Obama’s favorite whine…) the accumulated shit of 4 years of Carter (21% interest rates, Iran Hostage, demoralized nation and military, Malaise…)
and he had a pair of well napped balls and never had a problem sticking up for his core beliefs. (does Obama actually have any core beliefs?…)
and he was, you know, a god…
I really hope Obama uses his State of the Union as a chance to throw down the gauntlet. Fucking call the republicans names. Tell the whole fucking legislative branch they have failed the American people. Tell them to do their god-damn job. The State of the Union is Pissed Off, so get on top of that wave.
Now is not the time for Obama to be polite.
The most entertaining aspect of Obama era has been watching SLOG and commenters try to find new outrages to justify their lazy, cynical, manufactured noise.
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The State of the Union is Pissed Off.
At Obama.
That wave has his name on it….